Third World Attitudes Toward International Law
Title | Third World Attitudes Toward International Law PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick E. Snyder |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 884 |
Release | 1987-06-23 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780898389142 |
International Law from Below
Title | International Law from Below PDF eBook |
Author | Balakrishnan Rajagopal |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 363 |
Release | 2003-11-06 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1139438239 |
The emergence of transnational social movements as major actors in international politics - as witnessed in Seattle in 1999 and elsewhere - has sent shockwaves through the international system. Many questions have arisen about the legitimacy, coherence and efficiency of the international order in the light of the challenges posed by social movements. This book offers a fundamental critique of twentieth-century international law from the perspective of Third World social movements. It examines in detail the growth of two key components of modern international law - international institutions and human rights - in the context of changing historical patterns of Third World resistance. Using a historical and interdisciplinary approach, Rajagopal presents compelling evidence challenging debates on the evolution of norms and institutions, the meaning and nature of the Third World as well as the political economy of its involvement in the international system.
The Third World and International Order
Title | The Third World and International Order PDF eBook |
Author | Antony Anghie |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2021-07-26 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9004479864 |
This collection of essays explores different dimensions of the relationship between the third world and international law. The topics covered include third world approaches to international law, non-state actors and developing countries, feminism and the third world, foreign investment, resistance and international law, and territorial disputes and native peoples. It is a further contribution to the work done by scholars intent on elaborating what might be termed Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL). This initiative seeks to continue and further develop the important work that has been done over many decades, particularly by scholars and jurists from the third world, to construct an international law which is sensitive to the needs of third world peoples. This body of scholarship has attempted to extend and expand the concerns and materials of international law. The essays in this volume are animated by these same motives at a time when unprecedented issues confront third world peoples, particularly since the contemporary international system appears to be disempowering third world peoples, intensifying inequality between the North and the South, and indeed, importantly, within the North and the South. TWAIL scholars attempt to look afresh at the history of colonial international law, engage previous trends in third world scholarship in international law, take cognizance of the dramatic changes which have characterized the body of international law in the last few decades from the perspective of third world peoples, record their resistance to unjust and oppressive international laws, and advance new approaches that address their needs and concerns. These are the broad themes and concerns which animate this collection of essays.
Third World Attitude Towards International Law
Title | Third World Attitude Towards International Law PDF eBook |
Author | D. S. Pradhan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Autonomy |
ISBN | 9788175333116 |
International Law and the Third World
Title | International Law and the Third World PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Falk |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 2008-03-31 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1134070241 |
This volume is devoted to critically exploring the past, present and future relevance of international law to the priorities of the countries, peoples and regions of the South. Within the limits of space it has tried to be comprehensive in scope and representative in perspective and participation. The contributions are grouped into three clusters to give some sense of coherence to the overall theme: articles by Baxi, Anghie, Falk, Stevens and Rajagopal on general issues bearing on the interplay between international law and world order; articles highlighting regional experience by An-Na’im, Okafor, Obregon and Shalakany; and articles on substantive perspectives by Mgbeoji, Nesiah, Said, Elver, King-Irani, Chinkin, Charlesworth and Gathii. This collective effort gives an illuminating account of the unifying themes, while at the same time exhibiting the wide diversity of concerns and approaches.
Law and Crisis in the Third World
Title | Law and Crisis in the Third World PDF eBook |
Author | Sammy Adelman |
Publisher | Hans Zell Publishers |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
The intractable problems which burden many developing regions-- poverty, debt, human rights violations--illustrate the failure of Western modernization programs. These spurred a new wave of scholarship on the nature & concept of law & development during the 1980s. Theories such as the New International Division of Labour provided fresh impetus for the discipline as did burgeoning research in women's studies & the environmental crisis necessitated additional approaches. This new collection of essays addresses the former & future role of law in these areas. Written by leading legal scholars, proponents stress the continued relevance & vitality of law in the development process. (AFRICAN DISCOURSE SERIES, 4)
The Third World Countries
Title | The Third World Countries PDF eBook |
Author | P. K. Menon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 47 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | International law |
ISBN |